The Rush that Never Ended: A History of Australian MiningAustralia is one of the world's great sources of mineral treasures. Out of the ground, on land and at sea, has come wealth to create a host of lucrative industries. Our landscape is littered with mines and mining towns bearing evocative names like Rum Jungle, Noble's Nob, Broad Arrow, Bordeaux and Siberia, and stories abound of fortunes won and lost. 'The rush that never ended' tells the story of these mineral discoveries, describes the giants of Australia's mining history and records the tremendous influence that mining has had on Australia's attitudes to unionism, religion, law and politics. |
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... Investors who suffer most in a mining mania are those who buy late , not early . Even after the lid had blown from the golden hole Western Aus- tralian companies were floated daily in London . Sharebuyers saw no lesson down the golden ...
... Investors who suffer most in a mining mania are those who buy late , not early . Even after the lid had blown from the golden hole Western Aus- tralian companies were floated daily in London . Sharebuyers saw no lesson down the golden ...
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... investors rarely bought shares in mines outside their own district or colony . In the 1880s the scope for investing in new mines within two hundred miles of Melbourne , Adelaide or Sydney was narrowing , so speculators had to invest in ...
... investors rarely bought shares in mines outside their own district or colony . In the 1880s the scope for investing in new mines within two hundred miles of Melbourne , Adelaide or Sydney was narrowing , so speculators had to invest in ...
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... investor had lost his gambling sense ... The investors said government royalties and taxes and the extortion- ate demands of the miners had killed the goose . . . miners said the companies were inefficient , would not . . . These ...
... investor had lost his gambling sense ... The investors said government royalties and taxes and the extortion- ate demands of the miners had killed the goose . . . miners said the companies were inefficient , would not . . . These ...
Contents
Preface Introduction | 1 |
THE GOLDSEEKERS | 3 |
Pickpockets Gold | 5 |
Copyright | |
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